{"id":26708,"date":"2020-01-18T10:02:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T15:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=26708"},"modified":"2020-01-18T10:15:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T15:15:25","slug":"tennessee-governor-to-sign-homophobic-adoption-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2020\/01\/tennessee-governor-to-sign-homophobic-adoption-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee governor to sign homophobic adoption bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/quinton11820-1024x810.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/quinton11820-1024x810.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/quinton11820-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/quinton11820-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/quinton11820.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Michael Quinton &amp; family via <em>Proud Parenting<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Proud Parenting Family Gallery (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/families\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Family Gallery<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tennessee Governor Bill Lee will sign into law a measure that would assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjhl.com\/news\/local\/tennessee-governor-to-sign-adoption-bill\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook_WJHL&amp;fbclid=IwAR2868N5qhMcGkTW76OkAI89ySwGP-EwBuceDTNieEWxgdAjHvkaCcGyi44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"even if they exclude LGBTQ families (opens in a new tab)\">even if they exclude LGBTQ families<\/a> and others based on religious beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foster parent <a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/07\/a-single-father-of-two-reacts-to-a-hate-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Michael Quinton (opens in a new tab)\">Michael Quinton<\/a> believes the focus should be on kids in the system, rather than a family\u2019s beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really good for the kids to be taken care of, in a home to overcome trauma. Most of these kids are very traumatized, and they need to be nurtured and loved.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quinton is gay and lives in the Knoxville area. He started taking care of his two great-nephews after their biological parents\u2019 rights were terminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"outstream_div\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.anq.push(function() {\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\/signal to script that this DOM element has been loaded and is ready to be populated with an ad\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.showTag('outstream_div');\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0});\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf I wouldn\u2019t have stepped in, he would have been out, somewhere we would have never known about him, how he was doing. I was able to get him back within the family, and with his biological youngest brother who was previously adopted,\u201d Quinton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He believes more needs to be done to make kids in the foster care system a priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all humans, regardless of our skin color or lifestyle or orientation. Ultimately, it affects the children more,\u201d Quinton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said he understands both sides but hopes agencies can have a little more compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf I knew their beliefs, I wouldn\u2019t intentionally go and try to foster from them to cause a stir up or to make them feel uncomfortable. At the same time, we have to respect folks\u2019 background and their beliefs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt puts me in the middle. I know I wouldn\u2019t go to Smokey Mountains Home in Sevierville and try to foster or adopt through them. Perception is, they wouldn\u2019t be open to that,\u201d Quinton said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee Governor Bill Lee will sign into law a measure that would assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":26713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195,27],"tags":[674],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tennessee governor to sign homophobic adoption bill - Proud Parenting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2020\/01\/tennessee-governor-to-sign-homophobic-adoption-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tennessee governor to sign homophobic adoption bill - 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